Only a few gripes....
by Mamma_Lairdy on 15/07/2024Glasgow Green - GlasgowRating: 4 out of 5We paid £500 each for VIP+ and overall we were delighted with the whole experience.
However......
The VIP+ bar in PEN 1 - only 3 different drinks available!!! Lager, wine, or cider, which no-one in our group of 3 drinks. We did try the wine, but to use a good Scottish term; it was BOWFIN!
What a let down it was to have such a limited choice and definitely took the enjoyment out of what we thought would be a great perk of the VIP+ experience.
We are all seasoned VIP TRNSMT attendees and we accessed the PEN1 for all the acts we wanted to see, but therein lay a problem. We're all in our 60's so standing in amongst the heart of the crowd isn't our scene. However, standing on the edge of the crowd as you access PEN1, meant we had absolutely no view of the stage because of the ROCKSTAR billboards. Really frustrating. The only act we could see was Calvin Harris and that was only because he was elevated high on the stage.
Finally, the rules around buying alcohol are restricted to the extreme. Why are bar staff instructed to pour mixers into drinks before handing them over? We wanted to enjoy our spiced rum to our own taste and strength, but staff would not allow us that flexibility, insisting that mixers were poured to the top of the cups. And no doubles? Goodness me people of TRNSMT - I'm a grown up 😁
On a positive; thank you to each and every person working so hard to ensure our safety and guidance around the Green. The security staff were almost all fab! Poor show to the one lady who after exiting the accessible toilets in the VIP area, told me it was now closed! It was 11.10pm!!! Anyway I soon sorted her out by "reminding"her that it's just not acceptable to deny access to someone with toilet needs a whole hour before bars and eating venues